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Hidden partition

Dave-nz

Posted 30 October 2006 - 10:07 PM

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There is a 4 GB hidden partition used to restore the laptop to the factory configuration, i would like to gain access to this partition so i can burn the contents to a DVD. can someone please tell me how to gain access to this partition
Computer Management shows the partition as Backup 4.01 GB FAT32 Healthy (unknown Partition)
Let me know if you need any other information
Thanks

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Kniht

Posted 30 October 2006 - 11:50 PM

Dave-nz

Posted 31 October 2006 - 03:45 PM

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The laptop is NEC Versa E2000If you would like to know anything else about the laptop here is the specshttp://minisites.nec...cifications.aspThe laptop in question has the celeron processor40 GB hard driveCD Rom

Kniht

Posted 31 October 2006 - 05:28 PM

Kurenai

Posted 01 November 2006 - 05:47 AM

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Shouldn't Partition Magic be able to see that? Don't know if you could do anything useful with the info, but it should be able to see it. You might be able to boot from a linux livecd, see it, and copy the data over to the main partition, and burn it from there.